To mark our seventh anniversary on August 1, 2017, we announced the inaugural Brittle Paper Literary Awards, to recognize the finest, original pieces of African writing published online. The awards come in five categories: Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Essays/Think Pieces, and the Anniversary Award for works published on our blog. The winners in the fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction and essays/think pieces […]
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Brittle Paper Poet, Ademola Enoch, Wins Goal.com’s Essay Contest
Early September, we announced the football essay contest organised by Goal.com Nigeria. We are elated to announce now that the contest has been won by a poet we published: Ademola Enoch. Ademola Enoch is a graduate of Project Management from the Federal University of Technology, Akure. An alumnus of the Ake Fiction Workshop, his writing […]
The Brittle Paper Award for Creative Nonfiction/Memoir: Meet the Nominees
To mark our seventh anniversary on August 1, 2017, we announced the inaugural Brittle Paper Literary Awards, to recognize the finest, original pieces of African writing published online. The awards come in five categories: Fiction, Poetry, Creative Nonfiction/Memoir, Essays/Think Pieces, and the Anniversary Award for works published on our blog. The winners in the fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction/memoir and essays/think […]
PHOTOS | Book Launch of Dr. Kehinde A. Ayoola’s Awaken! A Compilation of Scriptures
On Sunday, September 17th, US-based Nigerian author Dr. Kehinde Ayoola celebrated the publication of her new book with friends, family, and patrons of the Barnes and Noble at Bowie, Maryland. Dr. Kehinde A. Ayoola is a dentist and writer. Her new book Awaken! A Compilation of Scriptures is meant to uplift the reader and offer life […]
Chike Frankie Edozien’s Lives of Great Men | Inside Nigeria’s First Memoir About LGBTQ Life
Chike Frankie Edozien, professor of journalism at New York University, has a remarkable book forthcoming. The memoir, titled Lives of Great Men, is 266 pages of what it means to be gay in Nigeria—the very first by a Nigerian about LGBTQ life in Nigeria. It is a landmark moment, this expansion of the queer oeuvre […]
Africa39 Author and Caine Prize Winner Mary Watson’s New Novel Arrives in 2018
Mary Watson, Africa39 author and winner of the 2008 Caine Prize, will have her third book released in February 2018. The Young Adult novel, titled The Wren Hunt, comes after her 2004 short story collection, Moss, and 2013 novel, The Cutting Room. The world rights to The Wren Hunt, which “tells the story of two ancient powers fighting […]
Chimamanda Adichie Covers The New York Times Style Magazine’s “The Greats” Issue, Alongside Nicki Minaj and Amy Adams
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is one of the seven artists on seven covers of The New York Times Style Magazine T’s “The Greats” issue, a celebration of people who are “masters in their fields.” The other six are the rapper Nicki Minaj, the actress Amy Adams, the theater director Park Chan-Wook, the artist Claes Oldenburg, the composer […]
Event: Aminatta Forna in Conversation at Oxford University
Aminatta Forna will be in conversation with Elleke Boehmerat, Oxford Professor of World Literature in English, for an event at Oxford University titled “Memoir and Memory.” The conversation will be part of the launch of the 2017-18 Mellon-Sawyer Seminar Series, “Post-War: Commemoration, Reconstruction, Reconciliation.” Sierra Leonean-Scottish Forna is the author of the Samuel Johnson Prize-shortlisted memoir, The […]
I hold a doctorate in English from Duke University and recently joined the Marquette University English faculty as an Assistant Professor. I love teaching African fiction and contemporary British novels. Brittle Paper is the virtual space/station where I play and experiment with ideas on how to reinvent African fiction and literary culture.
